The following report on assisted suicide was written by Catholic League senior policy analyst Nicholas Palczewski (a longer version is available on our website; it includes data on other countries). Nationwide, support for doctor-assisted suicide is losing ground. Identical studies done in 2016 and 2025 by the Lifeway Research found that in 2016, 67% of Americans [...]
Bill Donohue Paul Kengor, American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church (Humanix Books) Most people, including Catholics, know little about Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the Augustinian who became Pope Leo XIV. Thanks to Paul Kengor, Grove City College professor, author and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator, we now know a [...]
Bill Donohue Privileged Background Many politicians are chameleons who walk back their positions with alacrity, but it is not every day when someone comes along whose biography and stated policies smack of rank inauthenticity. Meet Zohran Mamdani. He is the little-known 33 year old New York Assemblyman who beat former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in [...]
Philip Shenon, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church (Knopf) Every now and then along comes a book on the Catholic Church that causes quite a stir. This is certainly true of Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church. Written by former [...]
There is so much to say about a pope besides his position on contemporary public policy issues, but since the media are focused on this subject, it is important to know exactly what our new pope has said. Abortion As a student at Villanova in the 1970s, he helped found a pro-life group on campus. (The [...]
Bill Donohue Few things excite the media more than a juicy sex story about Catholic priests, no matter how half-baked the story is. The latest iteration of this phenomenon came on the day Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Wasting no time claiming he is guilty of covering up priestly sexual abuse was SNAP (Survivors [...]
Michael P. McDonald Anthony Foti is the web designer that keeps our website firing on full cylinders. He is a man of deep faith. He and his family attend the Latin Mass, and together with his wife, he has instilled the Catholic faith deep in the hearts of his children. But last year, Anthony and his [...]
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Bill Donohue Opus Dei is loved by millions of Catholics all over the world for its yeoman efforts in getting Catholics to practice their religion more seriously. Founded in 1928 by a Spanish priest, Josemaria Escrivá, it is a spiritual home to lay Catholics and clerics who are committed to living the faith on a daily [...]
Michael P. McDonald 2024 will go down in American history as a pivotal year. The people standing for tradition, reason, and faith fought to reclaim their country, and the Catholic League was right there in the thick of it. By far, the biggest story of 2024 was the presidential election, and as history unfolded, we tirelessly [...]
